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CSS Factsheets, Personal Transportation
Abstract:
A factsheet that illustrates current unsustainable patterns of personal transportation in the United States, supplemented by selected CSS research results on the life-cycle environmental impacts, as well as a listing of more sustainable alternatives.
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CSS Factsheets, Personal Transportation
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Keyword:
Automobiles
Research Project:
CSS Factsheets
Publication Type:
Factsheet
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CSS01-07 Date Published:
2001
Full Citation:
Gard, D. and G.A. Keoleian, H.C. Kim. 2001. CSS Factsheets, Personal Transportation. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI: 2.